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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1909
Page
17
Handicap to Livonia marks strong favorite betting as Barner Goes Up Louise S. and Well Played at Last Moment. Livonia breaks late to draw away, winning by over a length.
A lively race list at Gravesend features many contenders including Mahle, James By Fate, and Clekel with a tight finish. Hoy leads late, but stamina from nearby rivals shapes the outcome as betting chatter fills the stands.
A scrambled listing of S S racing entries includes numerous horses and handlers such as Moonshae Shep Rey Pon Pimper Wee May Wag Ban Samoc Poole Mata Mangon Pacas Soter Jeannetta Mowees Canstown Pairnoe Fosood Fearalds Sgt IH Peep and Johnie Fi along with various grooms and affiliations. The fragmentary OCR provides few clear events or outcomes beyond a dense catalog of participants.
A garbled OCR line presents a jumble of personal names and place words such as Karl, Rob, Pal, Wald, Cannas, Pat, Blake, Dania, Figwood, and leader or student mentions. The text appears as a broken catalog of names and unclear events without a readable news item or clear narrative.
Eastern High starts football practice under Coach Harmon Linthicum with over twenty candidates and two hours of drills. The Capitol Hill squad hinges on speed this season as older players fade. six veterans remain including Capt Donn and Parker Weaver. Michigan University opens October 7 and Charlotte Hall looms as opening opponent with signals scheduled for today to improve team work by October 1.
Penina Maid won the final two heats to beat Margin in the Columbus Grand Circuit races at Ohio fairgrounds. Margin faded early and tried to rally with Penina Maid, but the favored Margin finished third as Penina Maid led the home stretch amid windy conditions.
Twenty six cars started a nine day reliability run to Boston and back with six private owners and twenty factory entries. The route covered Baltimore York Philadelphia with Charles Miller & Bro leading.
Obituary items from Packville to Washington county list Henry Bradley Walgruder of Montgomery county aged six, Mrs Ann Rosina Johnson in Philadelphia aged ninety, Card Kennel of Greencastle aged sixty five, Robert E Lee Vandevanter a long-time Hagerstown official, Mary Turner Clark a Scot-born resident, Tommy J Ally of Clarke county a prominent figure, and others including Mra Martin Fulton and Mary Turner Clark with family survivors noted. affairs include a variety of local deaths, marriages, and civic roles across Maryland towns.
Milwaukee and Louisville tied for first with Minneapolis close behind as of Sept 21. The season nears its end with all leaders’ percentages tight and home and away pressures from hostile crowds looming for Joulsie, Minneapolis, and Milwaukee as the race narrows to the final games this week.
Warwick Athletic Club opened the season with a 20 to 0 win over Raylew Athletic Club. Key plays included multiple long drives and a series of touchdowns by Bates and others, as Warwick dominated the game in a brief twenty minute half.
A detailed sports brief describes teams and players competing on the second day with performances from Tobler, Freeman, O Connor, Tumor Republic recruit, and Richmond, Fredericksburg, and see a la league entries. The report notes multiple squads, gate times, and a final score of 1 to 1 with various lineups and a three bare bit Pritchard mention.
Roanoke Va Sept 21 The seventh annual fair of the Roanoke Agricultural and Industrial Association opened amid morning rain. By afternoon clouds cleared and crowds gathered despite track heaviness causing some events to be postponed. Exhibits filled stalls cattle and horse sections crowded the tele grounds and crowds anticipated Strebel’s display as 58 horses were shown.
Howard University announces a major staff reshuffle across physics chemistry and biology. Ernest Just an honor man from Dartmouth joins the biology department. Dr Perkins, Yale and Harvard graduate, will lead electrical and mechanical engineering with heavier lab work. Miss Maid Young from Oberlin assists in music. Alex Mary Martin from Teachers College joins pedagogy and nature study. The new Carnegie Library, costing 4000, should be completed by November. sciences hall construction progresses with brick and stone design and terra cotta trim.
Special to The Washington Post Wheeling West Virginia reports federal court action. Judge Dayton overruled defense objections and kept in place an injunction against T L Lewis, Drew Watking, and United Mine Workers officials restraining them from intimidating or pressuring Hitopman Coal Company workers about joining the union. The decision affirms the court’s earlier restraint.
The Post presents financial news and market reports for merchants and financiers. It guides farmers on commodities and provides columns of news matter, offering valuable reading for investors, merchants, and the general reader.
The Washington Post illustrated magazine section presents selections by prominent writers and features foreign news with timely accurate illustrations. The Sunday Post is praised as superior to other Sundays and valued as a staple companion in households.
The Post presents a robust sporting section in pink weekly pages. It chronicles baseball results tennis trotting races billiards yacht contests and swimming with accuracy and pace, serving as a comprehensive outdoor and indoor sports chronicle.
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